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The Third Prize

A. E. Coppard

First published October 1928
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

How a con-man made a profit from the sovereign prize of a foot-race he didn't compete in, and incidentally made a number of other people happy too.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1928 Cover Silver Circus Jonathan Cape Collection 178
1929 Cover Silver Circus Alfred A. Knopf Collection 168
1931 Silver Circus Jonathan Cape Collection
1948 Cover The Collected Tales of A. E. Coppard Alfred A. Knopf Collection 496
1951 Cover The Collected Tales of A. E. Coppard Alfred A. Knopf Collection 496
December 1976 Cover The Collected Tales of A. E. Coppard Arno Press Collection 496